I agree with imdb that this movie is drama, crime, and could also be consider a thriller, but why they put comedy also in genre. What is that that is supossed to make this movie a comedy?
They categorized zatoichi also as comedy but at least zatoichi (that is not a comedy in my opinion) has some funny moments, but I dont find fireworks funny at any moment.
By the way, this movie was spectacular, takeshi kitano is a genious.
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What about the scenes with Nishi and his wife? Such as in the Car when he uses the mirror to see the cards she's holding up? Or when the car drives past when the photo is about to be taken? I found them scenes funny..
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I don't know if it can be considered a straight-forward comedy. But it (as do most of Kitano's films) have great moments of humor.
The opening sequence is one of them.
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I agree, at the start he randomly kicks a guy off a car, lol. Kitano's humour can be a little dark and off-beat at times which is why sometimes people don't really get it. A Japanese friend of mine told me she saw him when he came to the Prince Charles Cinema in London: apparently he came on stage and just fell on the microphone, plummeting to the ground. Then he stood up and left the stage (of course he came back just after). Kitano is famous in Japan for being a comedian as well as a director/actor and I must say I thought Hana-Bi had some very funny moments. Like at one point, the mechanic is sitting down and gets hit on the head by his assistant. Not to mention the part where a yakuza makes fun of the boss and gets a vase broken on his head off shot. the dialogs are pretty funny as well.
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I found many parts of the film to be sweet and very funny. That's what makes so many Kitano films a joy to watch, the genuinely warm sweet humour that imbues them and offsets the nihilistic eruptions of violence. The scenes at the beach in Sonatine are a fine example, and the previously mentioned moments from Hana Bi, the card trick in the car, the falling in the garden, the semi-naked man drying his clothes when the Yakuza arrive, and my favourite, when Horibe puts on his beret and then takes it off, feeling silly.
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